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The world's longest submerged tunnel will connect Denmark to Germany

According to the government of Denmark, construction works on the longest immersed tunnel in the world that will link Denmark with Germany, will begin in early 2021. The "Fehmarnbelt" underwater tunn...

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Submit your geotechnical project for the Year in Infrastructure (YII) 2020 Awards

The Year in Infrastructure 2020 Conference, to be held from October 12-15 in Vancouver Conversion Centre will conclude with the Year in Infrastructure 2020 Awards gala and ceremony, where the winners...

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Authorities discover the longest smuggling tunnel in the United States-Mexico border

After years of investigation, the longest tunnel used for smuggling was discovered in the United States and Mexico border. According to US officials, the tunnel's length is 1,313 meters. The undergro...

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Mott MacDonald used PLAXIS to Extend One of the Seven Engineering Wonders of the Modern World

The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel carries US 13, the main north-south thoroughfare on Virginia’s eastern shore, across the Chesapeake Bay to Virginia Beach. At almost 23 miles, it is considered the wo...

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Flooded tunnel blocked a railway in Scotland

Extreme weather conditions in Scotland flooded a 340-meter tunnel blocking a major railway network near Edinburgh. The Winchburgh Tunnel is located west of Scotland's capital. The tunnel was flooded...

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The secret tunnel beneath Liverpool park

A secret tunnel located beneath Wavertree Botanic Gardens in Liverpool has recently drawn the attention due to the mysterious face profiles that are illustrated on its walls. The tunnel used to provi...

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GEO5 and the 5th operating section of Prague metro Line A

The station construction started by driving the right-hand and left-hand station tunnels. The so-called horizontal excavation sequence consisted of top heading and invert. The 300mm thick primary li...

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GEO5 and Prague Metro line C

  The section IV. C2 has 4.6km of tunnels ; mined tunnels make up a length of 2.36 km (mostly double-track) and contain three cut-and-cover stations, i.e. Střížkov, Prosek and Letňany. The fin...

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Hanford radioactive tunnel under risk of collapse stabilized

A radioactive waste storage tunnel in Harford, California, that was at risk collapse has been stabilized. Back in spring 2017, the older of the 2 radioactive waste disposal tunnels partially collaps...

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Plaxis online Training: Tunneling and Underground Excavations

The second 2019 PLAXIS online training has been scheduled for the 25th of April. This online training will demonstrate the practical use of Plaxis 3D for the analysis of tunnel and underground excava...

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